Bakalov 'Ready to Remain IntMin' in Bulgaria's Next Cabinet

Caretaker Interior Minister Yordan Bakalov said on Thursday he was ready to retain the post in the next government, but "on certain conditions".

After attending in Parliament a hearing before MPs on migration, he told reporters he would place demands for reform if he is offered a ministerial seat in the cabinet.

"The demands are in relation to the implementation of certain reforms... certain positions. (...) Let's not fool ourselves - [we need] depoliticization of the entire system. For me this is one of the serious mistakes that have been made for so much time."

Bakalov added the Interior Minister needs 1200 additional employees to operate smoothly.

Bulgarian politicians are still to form a government and to reach an agreement which parties are to enter the cabinet.

Earlier Bakalov told lawmakers the refugee tide was not up in the past few months, but, on the contrary, the number of those leaving the country was on the rise.

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